Leadership at UI Stead Family Children's Hospital
Our Leadership Team
Douglas
Storm
MD, FAAP
Doug Storm, MD, FAAP, is the Surgeon-in-Chief at UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital and a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine. Dr. Storm is a graduate of Rush Medical College in Chicago, Illinois, and completed a urology residency at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania. He completed his fellowship in pediatric urology at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. His professional interests include minimally invasive surgery, hypospadias, and disorders of sexual differentiation.
Melissa
Whisler
MBA, MHA
Melissa Whisler began serving as interim chief administrative officer for UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital in January 2023. In this role, she oversees day-to-day operations as well as planning and management of pediatric care initiatives. She also serves as the executive leader for the UI Center for Disabilities and Development (CDD) and Children’s and Women’s Services at UI Hospitals & Clinics.
Whisler was appointed administrative chief of staff in June 2019. In this role, she works closely with the CEO and hospital executives to promote alignment of institutional strategic initiatives and priorities across departments. She works with key enterprise stakeholders, including departmental executive officers, leadership in the Office of the Vice President for Medical Affairs and across campus, and external stakeholders.
Whisler graduated in December 2006 with a dual Masters of Business Administration and Health Administration degrees from the University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business and College of Public Health. She joined University of Iowa Health Care in 2008 as Manager of Strategic Business Planning. She then held roles as the clinical department administrator for the Emergency Department (2012-2015) and as clinical department administrator in the Stead Family Department of Pediatrics (2015-2019).
Jacqueline
Nelson
DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC
Jacqueline Nelson, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC is the Associate Chief Nursing Officer, Children's & Women's Services at University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital. She grew up in Clemons, Iowa, and has spent most of her career at UI Hospitals & Clinics and UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital. She earned a Doctor of Nursing Practice from Rush University, Chicago; a Master of Business Administration, a Master of Arts in Nursing, and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from University of Iowa. She is certified with American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) as Nurse Executive, Advanced.
Derek
Zhorne
MD
Derek Zhorne, MD is currently the Associate Chief Medical Officer of UI Stead Family Children's Hospital and a Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine. He is a graduate of the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine (MD) and completed pediatric residency, chief residency, and a fellowship in Pediatric Hospital Medicine at Texas Children’s Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Zhorne spends his clinical time in the University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital as a pediatric hospitalist and he has special interests in evidence-based clinical practice and caring for children with medical complexity. He has received collegiate and departmental teaching awards for his contributions to resident and medical student education.